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To: BrownBag who wrote (9026)	5/14/2000 2:50:00 AM
From: JC Jaros	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9798

"Desktop linux" would mean 'local user'. That wasn't a reference to window managers or "KDE desktop". When I said 'superior desktop distro', I mean it is best from the standpoint of a local user seeking a simple desktop OS interface. It's not the best Linux distro. It's just the best (IMO) at that aspect. I can see where KDE 2.x and the next generation of Corel tools (such as the somewhat buggy file manager) will be awesome. --- I don't quite get your IBM VisualAge reference. IBM supports RedHat and no other Linux? How so? By availing an RPM binary and nothing else? Are you quite sure about that? Linux is Linux. I've not heard of any Linux program that is available for RedHat only. It's a small matter to port between RPM<->DEB<->TGZ formats. The current Corel Linux has preliminary builtin support for RPM. Other distros also do both. --- It's generally thought that Debian, and particularly the Debian .DEB system is superior to RedHat. Corel is Debian. --- When I said I've installed every other Linux distro, I mean every other 'major' Linux distro inclusive of Debian (2.0 - 2.1), RedHat (4.2 - 5.0 - 5.2 - 6.0 - 6.1), SuSE (5.1 - 5.2 - 5.3 - 6.1 - 6.3), Mandrake (5.1 - 7.0), Slackware (4.x - 7.x), and OpenLinux (1.3 - 2.3). --- You might want to double check the facts on that IBM product. Typically, a Linux binary will exist in a generic tar ball and then third parties take the binaries into the different package formats and after that into distro specific dialed-in sub catagories. -JCJ